Note that this dough is a rough puff pastry, layered but not laminated like the classic puff pastry dough. However there are large blobs of fat which promote a flaky end result.
Other options would be genuine puff pastry (a la classic Beef Wellington) or phyllo.
Naturally you will want to do a test run first but people have been using all three for a long time. All three are proven.
For a traditional hand pie, like a pasty, I would use this pastry dough from this test kitchen-approved recipe, from an old hand on Food52 whose recipes I trust: https://food52.com/recipes/18489-collards-and-cheese-pasties
For a savory hand pie that's more like a single-serving stromboli, you would use a bread dough with yeast in it. ;o)
If you want to do a deep dive into hand pies, check out @mrswheelbarrow's When Pies Fly. Cathy Barrow is an expert pie maker and when you read this book, you’ll feel like she is standing next to you, encouraging you as you go along.
Have a look at recipes from Cornwall, Wales or Michigan, which have strong traditions of using filled savory pasties for working-men's lunches. Start with one of these from The Spruce Eats, a Michigan recipe, Delia Smith (British cookery writer and football club owner). https://www.thespruceeats.com/traditional-cornish-pasty-recipe-435042 https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12432/cornish-finnish-michigan-pasties/ https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/collections/perfect-pies/cornish-pasty-pie
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If there's any place that could claim to be "hand pie country" it would be Great Britain.
Other options would be genuine puff pastry (a la classic Beef Wellington) or phyllo.
Naturally you will want to do a test run first but people have been using all three for a long time. All three are proven.
For a savory hand pie that's more like a single-serving stromboli, you would use a bread dough with yeast in it. ;o)
Start with one of these from The Spruce Eats, a Michigan recipe, Delia Smith (British cookery writer and football club owner).
https://www.thespruceeats.com/traditional-cornish-pasty-recipe-435042
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12432/cornish-finnish-michigan-pasties/
https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/collections/perfect-pies/cornish-pasty-pie